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BlackDog
09-15-2010, 04:16 PM
I saw this on another forum and agree with the poster. Whatever these guys get paid, it's not enough. Can you imagine the first time you ever had to climb 1/3 of a mile into the air? :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txdv_oNq81I&feature=player_embedded

AD720
09-15-2010, 04:23 PM
Yes, these guys are absolutely bananas. Beyond just the dangers of the height they have to deal with serious RF.

md4958
09-15-2010, 04:23 PM
I love the comment this guy made:

i'm surprised the tower didn't bend from the sheer weight of his balls

:r:r:r

Smokin Gator
09-15-2010, 04:25 PM
No way in the world that I would do it... but I know a family that has a business that paints towers like that. All 5 male members of the family do it and of course they make REALLY good money. I've always wondered what kind of insurance they have to pay?

Salvelinus
09-15-2010, 04:30 PM
No way I would be stupid enough to think I should climb that without being attached because it's faster. "If I can do it faster I can make the company more money, why strap in?" Doesn't make much sense to me, I'd take all the time I could

massphatness
09-15-2010, 04:32 PM
No f-ing way.

Ever.

Blueface
09-15-2010, 04:33 PM
Man that is scary indeed.

J0eybb
09-15-2010, 04:33 PM
If that were in the US, there is no way he'd be allowed to go up without the safety gear on 100% of the time.

Kreth
09-15-2010, 04:36 PM
Hell no. I hate heights.
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hammondc
09-15-2010, 04:37 PM
Oh God. That made my hands clammy. No Way.

md4958
09-15-2010, 04:37 PM
If that were in the US, there is no way he'd be allowed to go up without the safety gear on 100% of the time.

I believe it was in the US. They mentioned OSHA being ok with them not strapping in because it takes more time and is more tiring.

AD720
09-15-2010, 04:39 PM
I believe it was in the US. They mentioned OSHA being ok with them not strapping in because it takes more time and is more tiring.

:tpd: There are state by state reg's that dictate rest time and having fall protection while in a stationary work position but as far as I know it is not required to climb on rope.

BlackDog
09-15-2010, 04:43 PM
If that were in the US, there is no way he'd be allowed to go up without the safety gear on 100% of the time.
The narrator said free climbing was OSHA approved, so I assumed it was the USA. But I don't know for sure.

I liked the comment, "Good thing he's got a helmet on." :D

markem
09-15-2010, 04:54 PM
scary stuff for certain!

I tend to find free climbing a bit intimidating as well
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-160800560824977185#

J0eybb
09-15-2010, 04:56 PM
The narrator said free climbing was OSHA approved, so I assumed it was the USA. But I don't know for sure.

I liked the comment, "Good thing he's got a helmet on." :D

I must have missed that, but that is crazy.

Samsquanch
09-15-2010, 04:58 PM
Looks like it's been taken down due to copyright concerns...dang I'd really like to see it.

Samsquanch
09-15-2010, 05:00 PM
Found it... http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/09/15/terrifying-tower-climbing-video/ (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/09/15/terrifying-tower-climbing-video/) Is this the same video?

pnoon
09-15-2010, 05:09 PM
Holy effing crap!!!!!

jonumberone
09-15-2010, 05:17 PM
I would be out of breath from the elevator ride. :D

NCRadioMan
09-15-2010, 05:18 PM
Met a number of tower climbers when I was in radio. They are a different lot but for the money they make, if I were physically able, I wouldn't mind doing it. The highest tower I climbed was 250ft.

WyGuy
09-15-2010, 05:25 PM
That is insane!

Patrick B
09-15-2010, 05:27 PM
no way. that video made me nauseous.

DMK
09-15-2010, 05:37 PM
Take a chute along and get your 'A' for your BASE jump...:banger
Heights never bothered me, but I'm too old for the climb

Commander Quan
09-15-2010, 06:24 PM
I don't even like walking around on the roof of a house.

Blueface
09-15-2010, 06:26 PM
I don't even like walking around on the roof of a house.

In my case, good luck finding me on the roof to begin with.:D

cle_smoker
09-15-2010, 07:05 PM
Good lord, that's a disturbing video.

Gophernut
09-15-2010, 07:07 PM
Take a chute along and get your 'A' for your BASE jump...:banger
Heights never bothered me, but I'm too old for the climb

Guy got killed doing just that about a mile from my house. Opened his chute too late.

neoflex
09-15-2010, 07:15 PM
Man, those heights are insane. That last 66ft looks to be the scariest. To think I used to be able to freak some guys out whipping the boom around on a little measly 75ft. tower ladder and getting one of the outriggers to lift off the ground.

cort
09-15-2010, 07:19 PM
No thanks:eek:

Matt-N-Ga
09-15-2010, 07:21 PM
Wow, what a view!!!!

Starz26
09-15-2010, 07:22 PM
oh my f....ing god!

rizzle
09-16-2010, 08:15 AM
Of all the freaking things I can watch on youtube, THIS has been removed because of copyright. Whatever. Guess I'll have to go back to ****.

replicant_argent
09-16-2010, 08:26 AM
I thought you were doing a retrospective on the MN State Fair by the title.....

ucla695
09-16-2010, 09:01 AM
Found it... http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/09/15/terrifying-tower-climbing-video/ (http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2010/09/15/terrifying-tower-climbing-video/) Is this the same video?

This has been taken down too. :(

T.G
09-16-2010, 09:32 AM
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d166/AaronsPB/cigars/pnoon-drag.jpg









Wait, what is that you say?

You weren't asking?

Oh, oh well.

Goldie
09-16-2010, 11:17 AM
It looks like the video has been removed from Youtube, but I found it again, just a different URL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQv-o5Kgbko

Barcode
09-16-2010, 11:24 AM
Not A Chance

QUAZY50
09-16-2010, 11:47 AM
NO!!

AlohaStyle
09-16-2010, 11:49 AM
Damn, I like a thrill and the scare of heights, but no thanks! LOL

J0eybb
09-16-2010, 11:50 AM
Same video reposted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXuzrIN_x2M

yourchoice
09-16-2010, 11:59 AM
Holy crap! Insane.

kaisersozei
09-16-2010, 12:21 PM
Holy crap. :jd

Seems easier to just take a helicopter up and then rappel down to the peak.

357
09-16-2010, 01:16 PM
I think I'd pack a chute rather than climb down.

Skywalker
09-16-2010, 01:20 PM
:pu

That's nuts!!!

Gophernut
09-16-2010, 05:08 PM
Finally was able to watch it, and I have to say it made me a little dizzy. Disoriented feeling. Thats insane.